Apple names its top apps of 2014; Uber makes the cut | Mashable "Apple compiled its annual list of what it considers to be the year's most standout apps, with categories ranging from 'best apps' to 'best games'. Some notable inclusions are Yahoo News Digest, Facebook's Paper and the SwiftKey Keyboard app. With…

If 4G still isn't fast enough for you then good news... if you wait a couple of years, things should get a bit better. According to PC Pro, telecoms regulator Ofcom will be auctioning off new spectrum in the 2.3ghz and 3.4ghz bands towards the end of next year or early 2016 - which the…

BT Openreach – the phone and broadband company that we all love to hate – is promising to do better. Back in June, the UK telecoms giant was told by watchdog Ofcom that it could face fines if it did not meet new targets to repair its extensive UK telephone and broadband network. Under new…

It's always been somewhat puzzling that we have to pay to dial a freecall number from a mobile phone. Those 0800 numbers are free to call from a landline, so why not from a mobile too? From June 2015, Ofcom will bring in new rules that will include requiring 0800 to be free from mobiles…

UK telecoms giant BT could face fines if it does not meet new targets to repair its extensive UK telephone and broadband network, Ofcom has said. IT Pro reports that new rules that come into force on Monday require BT's…

The telecoms regulator Ofcom is moving towards imposing stricter quality of service requirements on BT's broadband services. Which will come as no surprise to BT Broadband customers. According to ISP Review, BT could be obliged to get their shit together….

Ofcom are exploring ways to protect consumers from mid-contract phone and broadband price hikes. Currently, networks and ISPs can raise the price of phone and broadband contracts in line with inflation, with small print meaning customers can't argue against the…

Wider 4G coverage in the UK took a step closer to reality today following the formation of the Digital Mobile Spectrum Limited, comprising O2, Vodafone, EE and Three. The jointly-controlled company will be in charge of making sure the 800MHz…

It's official: internet access and mobile phones are more important to young Britons than television. This is the conclusion from new research from Ofcom, the communications regulator, but at a closer look it's not such a straight shot as…

Ofcom are to being a "three strikes" policy for those repeatedly commiting acts of piracy across the web from 2013, should their plans be met with approval they revealed today. The initial plan was set in place over a year…